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Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur

Conductor

Antony Hermus

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Jean-Philippe Clarac

Olivier Deloeuil

Set designer

Costume designer

Assistant Set Designer

Lighting designer (+4)

Christophe Pitoiset

Lighting designer

Video

Pascal Boudet

Dramaturge

Luc Bourrousse

Soprano (+2)

Ilona Revolskaya

Julietta

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Marina Ogii

Old woman

Fishmonger

Bass (+1)

Louis Morvan

Man with helmet

Old Man

Beggar

Bass-baritone (+4)

Paul Gay

The man in the window

Trader memories

Convict

Oleg Volkov

Old Arab

Nightwatchman

Ancient mariner

Orchestra

Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera Nice Côte d'Azur

Chorus

Nice Opera Choir

Tenor (+3)

Samy Camps

Le commissaire

Tenor (+1)

Aaron Blake

Michel

L'homme à la chapska

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Elsa Roux-chamoux

Little Arab

Grandfather

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Cristina Greco

Fortune teller

Young mariner

Virginie Maraskin

1. monsieur

Le Chasseur

Postman

Le Garde Forestier

Michel, a travelling salesman, spends one day in a small coastal town in the south of France. He discovers a young woman whose memory will haunt him forever, until he decides to return to the town in search of the beautiful stranger.

Inspired by a drama by the surrealist poet Georges Neveux, Martinů's Juliette ou la Clé des songes explores the issues of love and memory, in a world where memories can be bought from a shopkeeper! With poignant poetry, the Czechoslovak composer probes the intricacies of the human psyche, questioning the boundaries between reality and dream, playing on different levels of consciousness to question our relationship to the world and to each other. It's a rare opera, full of raw sensitivity, tenderness and humanity, a far cry from the usual surrealist poches.

Playing the roles of Michel and Juliette are two of the most promising artists of the younger generation, Ilona Revolskaya and Valentin Thill, conducted by one of the finest specialists in the 20th century repertoire, Anthony Hermus. The production is directed by two artists who are now well known to our company: Jean-Philippe Clarac and Olivier Delœuil.

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